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Casa Violetta sleeps up to 10 people and is a thoroughly modernised farmhouse with 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and swimming pool in Tuscany, Italy. It is the ideal base for your holiday in Tuscany being close to Florence, Siena, Lucca, Pisa and other cultural centres.

At the front of the house next to the kitchen and with its own door leading onto the lawned terraces is the lounge. Comfortably furnished this room has TV with most English programmes available (BBC1,BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5) so you can keep up with your favourite soap whilst enjoying the Tuscan weather.

Adjacent to the lounge is Bedroom 5 with a double bed; it is the only bedroom on the ground floor and has its own en suite bathroom and dressing room with windows that look out over the gardens and swimming pool.

Upstairs are four bedrooms and a family bathroom. Bedroom 1 and Bedroom 2 are identical and both have Queen size beds with en suite bathrooms with shower. The windows from these rooms look out over the olive terraces and Pescia and Lucca. In the distance you can see the Mediterranean. All bedrooms except bedroom 4 have hair dryers.

Bedroom 3 is a twin bedded room (though the beds may be easily moved together to make a double bed). This room has a vanity unit with wash hand basin and window that looks out over the swimming pool and lawns. The family bathroom is just across the landing.

Bedroom 4 is the smallest of the bedrooms but nevertheless is a pleasant, airy room that sleeps two persons comfortably in bunk beds. Each bed is a full size single and could be used by an adult though it would be better suited to children. The family bathroom is right next door.

Outside the most striking feature is the swimming pool. It measures 5m x 10m and is uniformly 1.4m deep with a 'Roman End'. Set in lawns and surrounded by woodland it is on the edge of the World - how many pools have views like this? There is a shaded area at one end of the pool plus a bench seat table with parasol. The pool is fenced off from the rest of the garden for the security of small children.

Directly in front of the house is the pizza oven so that you can make your own tasty Italian style pizzas in a 'forno a legna'. You'll find plenty of wood for the oven plus the correct implements and we'll even show you how to make pizzas..

There is also a barbecue on the terrace outside the dining room door. We'll supply you with a pack of charcoal to get you started; we can always sell you more or you can pick it up for yourselves from the town.

Casa Violetta is located in the hills above Uzzano Castello overlooking Pescia and Lucca. It is some 420m above sea level and in the summer enjoys a temperature some 2-3C lower than the temperatures in the town below. Driving time to Pescia, the nearest town, is 15 minutes down a picturesque, well made but winding and narrow road. Driving times to various tourist locations are:

• Lucca about 30 minutes
• Florence about 50 minutes
• Pisa Airport about 50 minutes
• Mediterranean coast at Viareggio about 1 hour
• Siena about 1 hour
• Volterra about 1 hour.

Pescia (pronounced pesha) is a typical Italian town that is important for flower growing and paper making. Tourism as an industry is becoming increasingly important but it is not the mainstay of the town meaning that the restaurants and other facilities are open even when most of the holiday makers have gone.

North of Pescia is a region known as 'Svizzera Pesciatina' or Pescia's Switzerland. It is a hilly region with winding roads to explore among the pine and chestnut forests. You'll find restaurants and bars to enjoy in the many villages such as Pietrabuona, Sorana, Goraiolo, Castelvecchio, Vellano as well as woodland trails to wander along. Casa Violetta is at the southern edge of Svizzera Pesciatina and is a great base for walking holidays.

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